{"id":8150,"date":"2025-11-17T16:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8150"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:31:58","slug":"students-destress-at-junk-journaling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/students-destress-at-junk-journaling-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Students destress at Junk Journaling event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Junk-Full.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A workshop called Junk Journaling invited students to relax, reflect and express themselves through art Wednesday at the Student Union Palmetto Room on the Edinburg campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by Talk About It Vaqueros, the event aimed to help students manage stress and explore their emotions by crafting personal journals out of recycled materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop also featured a variety of handcrafts that encouraged participants to reflect on their emotions, creativity and future planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political science senior and Talk About It member, Alison Dominguez said the goal was to merge art and handcrafts with emotional well-being and self-reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cSo what we decided to do was combine that and talk about obviously our workshops and what we offered to students and kind of connect students with a way to learn how to relieve stress and get away [from] their issues,\u201d Dominguez said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Biology senior and member of Talk About it, Clarissa Due\u00f1as explained the activity allowed participants to visualize their goals and express their creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re just doing like vision boards. 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